Improvement in electric batteries



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Lehm Partnr N 105,042', zatte Jurys, 1810.

Betfkncwn that I, TnoPHlLz-i CHUTAUX, of

Paris, in the Empire of France, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Electric Batteries; and I do hereby declare the followingto he a full, clear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had' to the accompanyingdrawing forming part ot this specification, in which drawing- 'Figur'e 1is a central sectiouof. this invention. 1 Figure 2 is a plan, 0r topvlcw thereof'.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. .This invention relatesto^ certeiu improvements in electric batteries, and consists inarranging tlie.cle-

ments of the battery in such a manner as to obtain a' force of greatenergy, and tofhave arcontinnous electric current.

Further, this new urrng'ement presents the advanf.

tage o` being the meansby which the zinc may he d' withdrawn from theaction of the exciting liquid,

when desired, the impoverished liquid dispelledand replaced by richliquid', and, in consequence, the frequent recharging of the batteryavoided.

My invention consists in menne for renewing, tinto-I matically, theimpoverished liquid, and for raising-the zinc element ont oi theexciting liquid, i0 avoid 'its' crrosive eects. v A stone, glass,porcelain, or anyothersu' abie non"4 porous jar is used, divided, Vinthe direction of im height, into two compartments, ed, ot' unequal size,by a partition, c, composed of some similarmnteriztl, in the lower partof which, at offshore distance from the bottom of thejar, is an opertnz'e,d, t`orrning a communication between the two compertments.

This jar is placed in a -i'rsm or box, e, provided with a movable lid,with openings 'for the introduction of the elements, and of the pipe ofthe rosen.

voir. i p v A the two cool elements g are suspended, immovably, one oneech side ci" the, metal element, from brackets, lt, iixed on the'corcr'jgnnd connected by the strip of metals?, which is provided with astopscrew, to constitute one sgg-fthe poles of the battery.

The zinc element, whi 'can be as voluminous' as is desired, to make thebatter mpaice oi'acting vfor along time, is fixed to the slidingperpendicularly infhoiee in a bracket, n, fixed 0n one side of thisgracket Lis plsi'ed a' post, with stop-screw c, to constitute thesecoudjpole.

he zinc element can thus beinserted in foi'- with drawn from theexciting liquid more or less, by rais ing or lowering the rod, which isfurnished, at intervals,

with holes for this purpose, in which is passed a pin,-

and pinion, or otherwise.

r end of a rod, m,

K, which serves 'to maintain the element at the end of the rod freelysuspended either in or over the 'cxciting liquid. 1l' the cells time,formed are united together to constitute a battery, the operation ot'raising and lowering the zine could be eii'cted simultaneously, byconnecting all the rodean. by a rod whose ends could be raised orlowered in standards with rock The exciting liquid is poured into thetwo compurtments e b ofihc'jar, which is llcd .up to the discharging-pipe p; plnced in thcuppcr port of the large compartlnentrl-.-s. i

Above the smaller compartment l) is placed, upside down, a bottle orjap', @containing exciting liquid in. reserve The moith of thisreservoir touches the surface of the liquid contained in the smallcompart-l nient, and, in proportion as the liquid of the lnrgefcompartment is used or evaporates,the quantity used', or evaporated isreplaced by an equal quantity of liq- .nid from the smaller'compartment, passing through the aperture d, which quantity is equallyreplaced in the small compartment by the reservoir.

To restore the impoverished liquid, it sufiices to withdraw the zine;the level iut-h' two compartments is established .in the manner that hasbeen indicated; then, when the zinc is` again immersed, the upperportion of the liquid in the large compartment, which is thatimpoverished, runs oti through the discharging-pipe p, in aquantityeqnul to that displaced by the tiolume of the zinc.

JThe .exciting liquid may be composed of bicln'omote of punish,bisulphatc of mercury, andsulplmric acid, diluted with wate-t Thebatter; above described can be' advantageously combined with thatdescribed in the specification annexed to the petition, filedsimnltaneoxrtly with this 'present case, to obtain Letters Patent forthe same; v for, the elements of this lattery battery being placed nnderthose of' the yone just .describedv witlrtuvo compartments and adischarge-pipe, the liquid displaced from this latter-'is stillsuiiiciently energetic tlmt, by s0aking the sand and the coke of theother battery, an excitement is produced which suices.

Having thus described the nature of' the said improvements aud themanner of carrying the same into e'ect, I would'ha-vc it understood thatI 'do not `cony "tine myself `to the precise details herein indicatedand represented in the drawing making part of' this spee- '.cation; but*What I claim as new, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patentfs-- .l

1. Thedivision, in electric batteries, of the jar' or cell containingthe exciting liquid, into two compare mente-communicating with oneanother by an aperture near the bottom of the jar, as has been describedand shown in th drawing.

2. The combination, in electric batteries, of -a ves.- sel containingexciting liquidin reserve, with thel jmor cell' in'wliicli is theliquidacting on the elements,

and with the contrianees used for immersing oirwithllm'wing the zinefrom the exciting liquid, so ns t0`p-

